1 1 March 2018 NOTRE DAME NEWS FOUNDATIONS FOR LIFE-LONG LEARNING FROM THE PRINCIPAL THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Dear Parents and Staff As we approach the end of the Second Week of Lent it is a good Dme to reflect on our Lenten promises. What did we decide to offer by way of Prayer, Penance or Almsgiving? Have we been true to ourselves in honouring our commitment? Maybe not, as the best of intenDons may be overlooked in the busyness of our lives. If this is the case it is not a Dme to be hard on ourselves, but to reassess and revisit our intenDons. Our God is all loving and aware of our humanity. He is always prepared to forgive if we are truly sorry. This is what we teach our Year Three children as they prepare to receive the Sacrament of Penance and ReconciliaDon and it is equally applicable to each of us. In the words of Mother Teresa: God doesn’t require us to succeed; He only requires that you try. ASSEMBLY I’m looking forward to our first performance Assembly of the Year tomorrow and hearing about all of the wonderful things that the Year 2P children have learnt so far this year. MARKET NIGHT I’m also looking forward to our P&F’s Welcome back to school Market Night on Friday 9 March. This is a great opportunity for us all to gather and enjoy each other’s company in a relaxed environment. There will be a fantasDc array of food and drinks available to purchase so, unless you want to bring your own picnic meal, why not have a night off and enjoy the many great opDons that the P&F has arranged.
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1 March 2018
NOTREDAMENEWSFOUNDATIONSFORLIFE-LONGLEARNING
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
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THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
DearParentsandStaff
AsweapproachtheendoftheSecondWeekofLentitisagoodDmetoreflectonourLentenpromises.Whatdid we decide to offer byway of Prayer, Penance orAlmsgiving? Have we beent r ue to ou rs e l ve s i nh o n o u r i n g o u rcommitment? Maybe not,as the best of intenDonsmay be overlooked in thebusyness of our lives. If this is the case it is not a Dme to be hard onourselves, but to reassess and revisit our intenDons.OurGod is all lovingandawareofourhumanity.Heisalwayspreparedtoforgiveifwearetrulysorry. This is what we teach our Year Three children as they prepare toreceive the Sacrament of Penance and ReconciliaDon and it is equallyapplicabletoeachofus.InthewordsofMotherTeresa:
ASSEMBLYI’m looking forward to our first performance Assembly of the YeartomorrowandhearingaboutallofthewonderfulthingsthattheYear2Pchildrenhavelearntsofarthisyear.
MARKETNIGHTI’m also looking forward to our P&F’sWelcome back to schoolMarketNightonFriday9March.This isagreatopportunityforusall togatherandenjoyeachother’scompanyinarelaxedenvironment.TherewillbeafantasDcarrayoffoodanddrinksavailabletopurchaseso,unlessyouwanttobringyourownpicnicmeal,whynothaveanightoffandenjoythemanygreatopDonsthattheP&Fhasarranged.
WEEKLY EVENTS
YR 2P Assembly
FRIDAY 2 MARCH
Yr 4-6 Swimming Carnival
PUBLIC HOLIDAY
Parent/Child Workshop Reconciliation 6.00pm@ church/workshop at
NDCPS
WEDNESDAY 7 MARCH
Assembly Yr 4P
FRIDAY 9 MARCH
Mass - Year 3-6Led by Year 4
THURSDAY 8 MARCH
MONDAY 5 MARCH
P&F Welcome to SchoolNight Market
CHILDSAFEFRAMEWORKAt a meeDng of Catholic EducaDon Leaders last week, Dr Debra Sayce,AcDng ExecuDve Director of Catholic EducaDon WA, released thisdocumentwiththefollowingmessage.
Schools are Christ-centred, child-focused places of learning and faithformaDon.WebelievechildrenandyoungpeopleachievetheirGod-givenpotenDal through developing and flourishing in a safe environment.Therefore, no child or young person can learn and flourish if he or shefeelsunsafe.Weneed towork together toprovide school environments that arenotonly safe, but allowandencourage students to learnabouthealthy andrespec[ulrelaDonships.Thedignityofchildrenandtheirrighttobe,andfeelsafeinourCatholicschoolsiscentraltooursuccessaseducatorsandasasysteminsupporDngeachchildtohavelifetothefull.Tothisend,childsafetyconDnuestobeakeypriorityforoursystemandwill receiveevengreatervisibility in2018.The recentRoyalCommissionidenDfied areas that we need to address in order to create safe schoolenvironments. We have developed our CEWA Child Safe Framework toguide us in our work to create school environments that are Christ-centredandchild-focusedplacesoflearning.We all have a role to play in promoDng and modelling professionalbehaviours and healthy and respec[ul relaDonships. School leaders,educators,staff,parents/guardiansandallmembersofourCatholicschoolcommuniDessharetheresponsibilityofcreaDngachildsafeculture.LetusconDnue tosharegoodpracDceandwork together toensureourstudentslearninasafeandsupporDveenvironment.
SUPPORTANDHEALINGSupport and Healing focuses onresponding to those who havebeen injured or hurt throughabuse or harm and to enablethemtoheal.C a t h o l i c s c h o o l s a r ecommuniDes designed to belivingwitnesstoChrist’sloveandredempDon, therefore our firstelementof theCEWAChild SafeFramework focuses on healingand support for thepersonwhohas been harmed, the accusedandthecommunity.
VOICEOFTHECHILDVoice of the Child highlights theinalienablerightofeachchild tobeheardandhaveavoice inallthathappenstothem.The voice of the chi ld isimportant, not because adultsneed to protect weak anddefencelesschildrenbutbecausethey have the right to be heardand involved in programs andmaaersthataffectthem.Achildsafeenvironmentisincompletewithoutthisvoice
Darryl WinsorPRINCIPAL
YEAR 3 CLASS NEWS
Whatastarttothetermwehavehad.WehavebeengebngintonewrouDnes in our classroom and also gebng to know our new teachersand class mates. This term the children have already startedpreparaDonsfortheSacramentofReconciliaDon.Ontheweekend,thechildren aaended the CommitmentMasses and onMonday 12Marchwe will be visiDng Schoenstaa Shrine for a prayerful retreat inpreparaDonforthecelebraDonoftheSacramentonThursday15March.Please keep us in your prayers during this special Dme in our faithjourney.
InmathemaDcs,wearelovingournewSteppingStonesprogramwhichis a new approach across all year levels this term.We are learning toroundnumbers10and100andwehave justbegunto learnourDmestables.Thechildrenhavebeendoinga fantasDc jobwriDngpersuasiveargumentstopresenttotheirpeersfortheirnewsthisterm.
Abig thankyou toMrsPethickwhohashelpedmeserve theneverending icypole line the last twoFridaysIamextremelygratefultoherforhelping.
Hopetoseeyouatthecanteensoon.
KayleenMcLeanCanteencoordinator
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P&F NEWS
SCHOOL BANKING
SCHOOL BANKING
EVERY THURSDAY8.00am - 8.30amVenue: School Library
We are in urgent need of two volunteers to do school banking on Thursday mornings. If you are able to volunteer for an hour of your time, please contact Danielle Lawrie on 040579090125. Thank you.
Danielle LawrieSchool Banking Coordinator
YouCanHelpSharethevisionofNotreDameCatholicPrimarySchool’sParents’andFriends’AssociaDonbytakingaroleasChairorViceChairandbeing a part of the ExecuDve of this volunteer organisaDon ofparentsatyourchild’sschool. YouwillbeacDvelysupportedbyanenthusiasDc and experienced Finance Officer and AdministraDonOfficer,aswellasanexisDnggroupoffantasDcallyengagedparentsorganising events to promote social, fundraising and parenteducaDonalacDviDes.
Ifyouthinkthismightinterestyou,thenpleasecontacteitherJulie-Anne Beasley (0419871864) or Mr Darryl Winsor (Principal) todiscuss.
Pleasenote:Drawing templatesandorder formswith correct money need to be returned to theschooladministraLonbyFriday9thMarch.Would you like to turn your child’s treasured memories into durable, high-quality melaminePictureplatesthatwilllastalifeDme?Orhowaboutaclock,amug,waterboaleorcalendarforyourselforyourfamilymembers?
Templates for the picture plates, picture clocks, picture mugs, calendars and water boales only areavailable from the school’s AdministraDon office and can also be downloaded fromwww.pictureproducts.com.au/drawing-paper/. InstrucDons are printed on the templates. Children canusephotos,markers,handandfootprintsandpaints.OrderslipsarealsoavailablefromAdministraDon.
AddiDonal templates can be found online for iPhone and Samsung phone cases, mouse pads andtablemats.
WHEN Friday, March 9 5pm – 8pm WHERE School grounds P&F are bringing back an even bigger and better Market Night!
Come along and welcome in the new school year with your school community, family and friends.
Bring along your picnic blanket and chairs and relax under the stars.
FREE ENTRY
LICENSED EVENT
NO BYO CASH ONLY All drinks available for purchase at discounted prices! Beer | Wine | Cider | Champagne | Soft drink **Children must be accompanied in licensed area**
LIVE MUSIC By Mariah & Josh Smooth Tunes
FREE KIDS ACTIVITIES � Face painting � Obstacle course � Strongman striker � Climbing Walls � Bungee Slam Dunk
FOOD STALLS CASH ONLY
Satay | Sausage Sizzle | Kottu Roti | Baked Potato’s | Nachos | Waffles & Gelato Or bring along your own picnic
NOTRE DAME NIGHT MARKET
OnlyoneweektogounLltheFamilynightmarket!!WehopethatyouhaveclearedyourcalendarfornextFridayeveningasitisgoingtobeagreatfamily night out!We are trying out something different this year andwould love to hear yourfeedbackaUertheeventtoseeifweconLnueitthesamewaynextyear.Pleaseseethemapbelowforthelicensedarea.Asyouwillseeitisquitealargeareasotherewillbeplentyofroomforeveryonetobringtheirblanketsandchairsandsetthemselvesupforthenight.Pleasejustkeepinmindthatchildrenwillneedtobesupervisedbyanadultinthisarea.WedoalsoaskthatyourespectthefactthatthereisnoBYOforthenightasthis isnotcomingfromtheP&F.ItisarequirementfromtheDepartmentofRacing,GamingandLiquorandthereisa parent at the school who has kindly put their registraLon forward for us to be granted ourlicense. There will be a variety of drinks for purchase and they will be very reasonably pricedwithallproceedsgoingtotheschool.Wehopethatyouhaveawonderfuleveningandlookforwardtoseeingallofyouthere.
TanyaPeiris
Attention NDCPS Dads! After the success of last year’s camp out we’ve decided to do it AGAIN
So, make sure you save the date and come along to the NDCPS 2018 Dads & Kids
SetupfromFriday6thApril4:00pm.Dinnerat6:00pmMovie at 7:00pm – campout together for the night,witheveryonepackedupfrom7:00amwithbreakfastat8:00am and heading home (aser an awesome campout)–onSaturday7thApril9:00am
Are there any rules? There are a few things to cover so we all have a good time. This first one is the
MOST IMPORTANT -lets get these out of the way first: THIS IS A NO ALCOHOL EVENT. ANYONE BRINGING ALCOHOL
WILL BE ASKED TO GO HOME. This camp out is just for the fellas and kids. No generators, camper trailers or caravans.
To ensure thatwe have equipment, coaches and umpires in place for the 2018 season. Please complete theexpressionof interest if your childwould like toplay in the2018winter compeDDonoryouare interested incoachingormanagingateam.Pleasereturnsliptofrontofficeoremaildetailstondnetball@hotmail.com
Thankyoualsotoalltheparentsforencouragingtheirchildrentoplaynetball. It isafantasDcteamsportandgiveschildrentheopportunitytoexerciseinagroupenvironmentandsocialiseoutsidetheschoolsebng.
